Clemente Aguirre seeks to have murder conviction thrown out

THE MAN WAS ARRESTED IN MIRAMAR AND BEING HELD IN THE PALM COUNTY JAIL ON NO BOND. TONIGHT ATTORNEYS FIGHTING TO FREE A MAN FROM DEATH ROSE' THEY HAVE DROPPED A BOMBSHELL IN COURT. IT'S VIDEO THEY SAY SHOWS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE MURDER VICTIMS TELLING POLICE HER MOTHER DIED, QUOTE, FROM HER. CHERYL WILLIAMS IS THAT MOTHER, STABBED 129 TIMES AT HER ALTAMONTE SPRINGS HOME IN 2004. HER WHEELCHAIR-BOUND MOTHER WAS ALSO KILLED. THEIR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO DEATH ROW FOR THE CRIME AFTER POLICE FOUND BLOOD ON HIS CLOTHING. NOW HIS ATTORNEYS ARE SHOWING BIG HOLES IN THE CASE AGAINST HIM. ERIC SANDOVAL HAS BEEN COVERING THE HEARING IN SEMINOLE COUNTY TODAY. TELL US ABOUT THE VIDEO. THIS IS ACTUALLY DASH CAM VIDEO OF SAMANTHA WILLIAMS. THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING DRUNK, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT AN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS BAR. SHE OPENS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE POLICE CAR ABOUT HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER'S MURDERS. THE SOUND ON THE DASH CAM VIDEO IS HARD TO MAKE OUT BUT WHEN IT WAS PLAYED REPEATEDLY, THE WORDS BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR. SAMANTHA WILLIAMS, THE DAUGHTER OF A MURDERED VICTIM TOLD THE OFFICER, "THEY DIED FOR ME. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, THEY DIED." BUT WILLIAMS TOLD THE COURT YESTERDAY A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. I SAID DO YOU REMEMBER GIVING A STATEMENT REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER DYING BECAUSE OF YOU? I DON'T RECALL. IT DEPENDS ON TAKING IT INTO CONTEXT. ASKING THE OFFICER WHO DROVE HER THAT NIGHT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO OFFICER RAMIREZ. SHE SAYS SHE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, BEEN COMMITTED TO PSYCHE HOSPITALS SO MANY TIMES SHE CAN'T COUNT AND HER VIOLENT OUTBURST AND HEADBUTTS HAVE DAMAGED HER MEMORY. THEY DIED BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS IN MY HOUSE LOOKING FOR ME. ARE YOU SAYING THAT BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK NOW OR REMEMBERING WHAT YOU SAID IN 2007? JUST SO I'M CLEAR. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID THIS MORNING. WILLIAMS TOLD POLICE SHE WAS AT HER BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE THE NIGHT HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE MURDERED. WHAT SHE DIDN'T TELL POLICE UNTIL THIS WEEK WAS SHE AND HER MOTHER HAD FOUGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED. NOW ONCE AGAIN, SAMANTHA WILLIAMS IS NOT ON TRIAL FOR THIS CASE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR CLEMENTI AGEARY.

SANFORD, Fla. -

Attorneys fighting to free a man from Florida's death row kicked up their efforts on Thursday by showing dashboard camera video they hope casts a shadow of doubt on his conviction.

A jury convicted Clemente "Shorty" Aguirre in 2006 for the brutal stabbing deaths of Cheryl A. Williams and Carol Bareis at their mobile home in Altamonte Springs. Williams was stabbed 129 times, and Bareis suffered a stab wound to the heart.

Prosecutors claimed Aguirre, who lived next door, stabbed them with a knife taken from the restaurant where he worked. His defense team claimed he had found both bodies and tried to revive them, getting their blood all over his clothes.

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In court on Thursday, his new defense team showed dash-cam video from a Altamonte Springs police car where Williams' daughter Samantha can be seen yelling and screaming at the officer.

Visibly intoxicated and irate she yelled at the officer, "They died from me. Do you understand what I'm saying? My mother and grandmother died."

On the stand Wednesday, Williams told the court she had no recollection of saying that, nor did she remember being arrested that night.

Williams testified she has suffered from mental illness for many years and has been checked in to several psychiatric wards against her will.

She also said she and her mother fought the night before she was murdered.

Aguirre's defense team is trying to show the court that there is at least some doubt in his conviction, offering the possibility that Williams may have been the murderer.

The judge was expected to rule next week whether Aguirre's conviction should be thrown out.

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